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Gardening – cutting,
weeding or raking for 40 minutes can really burn off extra energy. You also
manage to keep your garden looking good for those hot summer days. If you
don’t have a garden, why not help out an elderly neighbour with their
gardening choirs.
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Dancing – take a night out
and hit the clubs with your partner, rather than going for a slap-up meal.
Try to dance gently for ten minute sessions, and go for this five times
during the course of the night. This should help to rid you of 200 calories.
If you don’t feel you or your partner can dance, then simply copy what
others are doing on the dance floor.
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Wash up – complete the
washing up after each meal for 5 consecutive nights. If you have a
dishwasher then give it a rest and do it yourself, using a dishwasher less
will also save energy and contribute less to carbon emissions.
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Clean out – if you don’t
fancy washing dishes, then try cleaning out old cupboards. A good hour of
this should be enough for 200 calories. Cleaning out a garage will also add
a great energy deficit to the equation.
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Gaming – try playing new
and exciting games. Board games, cards, or even playing those play station
types can help burn off the energy, even if it’s just from all the
excitement of beating your kids at their best!
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Stairway to heaven – make
it your goal to walk up and down your stairs for a total of 20 minutes each
day. This can be done sporadically over the course of a day. Although, make
sure you are fine to attempt this kind of activity before trying it. Maybe
start off doing a few minutes each day and build up.
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Dressing up – Get out all
your old clothes and try them on. This can be fun and within an hour you’ll
burn up to 200 calories.
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Shopping – go shopping for
an hour, just looking around or window shopping can help burn off extra
energy.
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Let it all out – punching
the hell out of a punch bag or a cushion can really build up energy demands,
plus you get to let out all that frustration from the stress of everyday
living. Even small minute sessions for a total of half hour can be enough.
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Go bowling – bowling with
the family for an hour can be fun and you’ll burn off 200 calories.
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Dog choirs – take the pet
dog for a walk. Forty- five minutes should be enough.
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Pet dog - when you get that
dog back from your walk, then wash him! Half-hour should be enough for 200.
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Hula-hoop – using a
hula-hoop for 40 minutes total can really burn them calories away.
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Light stretching - Try a
stretching routine for half-hour before a bath.
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Swing away – Swinging on a
swing is great fun and a way to burn 200 calories for every hour spent
enjoying yourself. We are never too old for a swing!
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Horse around – go horse
riding for an hour.
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Jacuzzi life – Sitting in a
hot Jacuzzi or steam room for an hour will help you burn off excess energy.
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Massage – go get yourself a
massage for an hour, maybe not 200 calories but it’ll be up to 100 plus. But
also what would be better to look forward to?
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Paint a room – painting
will help burn away energy, over 200 calories for every hour. Isn’t it about
time you looked at doing up the rooms?
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Rearrange the house –
Moving furniture around can burn off tons of energy. Just an hour will burn
more than 200 calories. Just be careful of heavy furniture and always have
someone help you!
